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Okla. City 110 Mad Ants 108

Mad Ants lose late at Showcase opener

Journal Gazette

The Mad Ants' troubles at the G League Showcase continue.

P.J. Dozier's steal of a Walt Lemon Jr. pass and then a layup with 0.2 second on the clock gave the Oklahoma City Blue a 110-108 victory over the Mad Ants on Thursday afternoon at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, where scouts from all 30 NBA teams were in attendance for the annual Showcase.

The Mad Ants (14-11) had trailed most of the game, falling behind by as many as 17 points, but they rallied to lead 88-84 with 8:29 remaining, when rookie Ben Moore pulled up for a successful jump shot.

Another Moore basket – a layup with 3:38 left – gave Fort Wayne a 101-98 lead.

But the Midwest Division-leading Blue (15-11) kept working it inside for the victory, extending Fort Wayne's losing streak at the Showcase to five games.

For Fort Wayne, which saw its first three-game winning streak since November come to a halt, Moore, Lemon, C.J. Fair, DeQuan Jones and Jarrod Uthoff had 14 points apiece. Uthoff had 12 rebounds and Moore added 10.